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Speaker 2: You know, it's too slow jam for you, Like it's

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Speaker 2: You know, it's like that's like corny freeze, and.

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Speaker 2: After a long road of rejections and a mistake that

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Speaker 2: He's a star, y'all.

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Speaker 1: But being a star's no biggie. We want to get

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Speaker 1: into what exactly makes him an icon.

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Speaker 2: That's right, because he went from impersonating Elvis Presley as

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Speaker 2: But he cleaned up his act quickly and realized that

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Speaker 2: took you on Bruno's journey on the Highway to Hell,

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Speaker 2: but now we're going to give you a front row

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Speaker 1: And how that ass didn't get lucked out of it.

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Speaker 2: I don't think he was saying about success and stardom

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Speaker 1: Joseph, Let's pretend, kay, for the sake of these metaphors

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Speaker 2: On, I'm well listen the last decade for him, and

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Speaker 2: this episode is really all about the music. An orthodox jukebox,

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Speaker 2: an evening with silk so on it, but of course

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Speaker 2: a little super Bowl mixed in well two to be exact,

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Speaker 2: because at this point I feel like it's a rite

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Speaker 2: of passage for the icons on our podcast one one

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Speaker 1: If we got an ad spot at the super Bowl,

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry. Do we have those kinds of budgets? I

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Speaker 2: was highly unaware that we had that kind of cash,

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Speaker 2: but if we did, I would literally die.

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Speaker 1: We'll also give praise, where praise is due to his

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Speaker 1: killer sense of style and how he enforces that wait

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Speaker 2: But first, let's take a look at how Bruno Mars

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Speaker 2: eviscerated the dreaded sophomore set. I'm your host Lilianavosquez.

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Speaker 1: And I'm Joseph Carrio and this is Becoming an Icon.

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Speaker 2: A weekly podcast where we give you the rundown on

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Speaker 2: how today's most famous LATINV stars have shaped pop culture.

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Speaker 1: And given the world some extra level.

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Speaker 2: Sit back and get comfortable.

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Speaker 1: Because we are going in the only way we know

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Speaker 1: how with when I be with us, unassas.

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Speaker 2: And a lot of opinions as we really their greatest

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Speaker 2: achievements on our journey to find out what makes them

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Speaker 2: so iconic.

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Speaker 1: Bruno Mars gained recognition quickly for being a so called

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Speaker 2: Joseph so called like stop playing with Bruno, Stop playing

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Speaker 2: with me?

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Speaker 2: Douops and Hooligans was a successful album in every aspect, but.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't a number one album. The do Ops in

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Speaker 1: Hooligan's tour is over. What comes next for Bruno?

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Speaker 2: This Smeusingtons aka Bruno, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine. They

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Speaker 1: He was shooting for Vogue alongside Puerto Rican model Victoria's

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Speaker 2: And that trip was not just about the style and

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Speaker 1: Mmmmm, I don't know, Wilhelmina.

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Speaker 2: Patch he had with Gabon. She never actually loved him

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Speaker 1: Up town Funk, you up, uptown funk, you up.

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Speaker 2: Not yet, not yet, not yet, Joseph I hold that thought.

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Speaker 2: The sound is inspired greatly by doop, but it feels

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Speaker 2: You've got Locked out of Heaven, loved When I Was Your.

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Speaker 2: He's not a stripper anymore. And Treasure, Oh my god, Treasure.

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Speaker 1: Does you know what? Yeah, that sentence is just it.

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Speaker 2: The album in itself, along with Bruno, has such a range.

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Speaker 1: And we are vibing period.

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Speaker 2: Unorthodox debuted on the second spot of the Billboard two hundred.

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Speaker 2: The show was held on February second, twenty fourteen, at

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Speaker 1: Dope red hot chili peppers.

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Speaker 2: Wow, it was so good. And then like it ends

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Speaker 2: I do remember this the fireworks show?

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Speaker 1: And he's wearing this like gold jacket.

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Speaker 1: Love love that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were just Also,

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Speaker 1: and they're just dressed. They're California guys. Like whatever, Now

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Speaker 1: here's a super Bowl chief man. There was a bunch

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Speaker 2: But Bruno thought it would be a waste of time

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Speaker 1: But the production team did what they wanted to do.

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Speaker 2: They spent all this money on those things and it

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Speaker 1: Well. Damn Bruno, come and get a little bit of

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Speaker 2: It's next level is undeniable.

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Speaker 1: Even Chris Martin from Coldplay was like, get me some

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Speaker 2: But we got to talk about uptown Funk before we

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Speaker 1: Chris Mark Ronson, welcome to becoming an.

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Speaker 2: Icon, Joseph, I know you want to sing it again.

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Speaker 1: I better get paid extra for this. Up town funk,

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Speaker 1: You up, uptown bunk, you up.

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Speaker 2: Ronson and Mars weren't strangers. They had collaborated before, producing

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Speaker 1: How long?

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Speaker 2: Seven months for one song? Let's just say it was

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Speaker 2: Much so that Ronson literally really fainted. According to an

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Speaker 1: I listen, anxiety, ain't no joke, girl.

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Speaker 2: Luckily, he nailed the guitar two days later, and the

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Speaker 1: It became ictic.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't enough just to listen to the song like

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Speaker 2: I just feel like this song became a cultural revolution,

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Speaker 2: Not only was this a cultural revolution here in the

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Speaker 1: And they were uptown funky. They were giving it to you.

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Speaker 1: That just shows how much of an impact this was.

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Speaker 2: So much so that this song went beyond the cultural moment.

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Speaker 2: It actually won Ronson and Mars two Grammys Best Pop

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Speaker 1: Mm hmm, Grice Martine, the cold Play frontman, wanted one

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Speaker 1: thing Bruno performing uptown Funk at his Super Bowl halftime

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Speaker 2: A little guest appearance from none other than Beyonce. Bruno

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Speaker 2: of course said yes.

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Speaker 1: One percent, Yes, no takebacks.

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Speaker 2: He turned Chris Martin down, No, You're lying, no, I'm serious.

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Speaker 1: But Cristito wasn't going down without a fight.

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Speaker 2: Martin invited Bruno to his a Malibu studio to pitch

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Speaker 1: A person He wanted Nay needed Beyonce and Bruno to

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Speaker 2: Martin wanted to give that gift to us to the world,

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Speaker 2: He said, let's call Beyonce and see what she thinks

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Speaker 1: Chris Martin pulled out his phone and was like, shit,

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Speaker 1: Being in the presence of Beyonce was the masterclass. He

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Speaker 2: Watching Beyonce prep for the event, you had this to say,

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Speaker 2: She's not fucking joking around. She's gonna get on stage

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Speaker 2: She's got that monster in her.

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Speaker 1: The show finally went live on February seventh, twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm not being shady because I am such a

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00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,760
Speaker 2: big Chris Martin fan. Like I love Coldplay, I have

442
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 2: also seen them in concert multiple times, and I feel

443
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,640
Speaker 2: like it was like Bruno featuring cold Play.

444
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 1: When you have that much Pizzazmitch like you take over.

445
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 2: Whether you agree with me or not, it doesn't matter

446
00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 2: because all of YouTube agrees with me. When you click

447
00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,399
Speaker 2: on the video to watch back the performance on YouTube

448
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 2: and you go to the most replayed section, do you

449
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:05,719
Speaker 2: know who pops up?

450
00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: I know exactly who.

451
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:15,919
Speaker 2: You cannot deny his energy, his stage presence, his talent

452
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 2: as a performer, and even when he's standing next to

453
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 2: larger than life Beyonce like one of the most talented

454
00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,720
Speaker 2: musicians on the planet with his band Chris Martin, It's

455
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 2: like all about Bruno. The camera finds him, like the

456
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 2: audience finds, and he just has a magnetic energy about him.

457
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,479
Speaker 2: And what was incredible about this performance is that it

458
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 2: came at a time when what Bruno was dealing with

459
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,480
Speaker 2: personally and internally was a little different. Like he had

460
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Speaker 2: all of this success and all of this praise, but

461
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 2: inside he was grieving. Right before he set foot on

462
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,960
Speaker 2: the NFL's highly coveted stage, he got word that his

463
00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 2: mother had unexpectedly passed away. In September twenty fourteen, Mars

464
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 2: began working on his third studio album, twenty four care

465
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Speaker 2: at Magic.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't until the promotion of this record that he

467
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Speaker 1: was able to fully open about the toll that losing

468
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Speaker 1: his mom took on him.

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Speaker 2: One day in twenty thirteen, he's flying back to Los

470
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Speaker 2: Angeles when he gets the call that his mom has

471
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Speaker 2: been hospitalized in Honolulu. It was a big surprise for

472
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,280
Speaker 2: him because nobody was worried about her health. She was

473
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,879
Speaker 2: fine one day and the next she was in the er.

474
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Speaker 1: She suffered a brain aneurysm and was unconscious.

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Speaker 2: He didn't even make it out of the airport. He

476
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,840
Speaker 2: got right back on a plane and flew all the

477
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Speaker 2: way to Hawaii to see her, but she never woke up.

478
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Speaker 2: She passed away a day later at the age of

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Speaker 2: fifty five.

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Speaker 1: The last time she spoke with him was through text.

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Speaker 2: She'd seen pictures and videos of him performing in Germany

482
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Speaker 2: and messaged him this, you need rest. Look at you.

483
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 2: You've got bags under your eyes. Heart broke in, he

484
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,439
Speaker 2: admitted to a during an interview to this day, I

485
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 2: don't know how to handle it. That piece of your

486
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 2: heart is just gone forever. I don't know how to

487
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,440
Speaker 2: talk about it with you. It's a nightmare. It's literally

488
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:10,120
Speaker 2: a nightmare.

489
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 1: Since then, Bruno jokes that he feels her with him

490
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 1: every time he messes up on stage.

491
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,400
Speaker 2: He hears her saying, you're flat, you missed that move.

492
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,400
Speaker 2: Tell your brother to shave his mustache.

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Speaker 1: Grief can definitely weigh you down, and that night it

494
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Speaker 1: must have been especially intense, but at least he didn't

495
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,760
Speaker 1: have to go through it alone. He had just got

496
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Speaker 1: alein on when things got tough.

497
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:35,919
Speaker 2: Oh and don't forget they're cute, af Rottwiler Geranuo. Eventually,

498
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:37,880
Speaker 2: Bruno would be able to get back in the game

499
00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 2: and keep making music to help him heal. When it

500
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 2: came to twenty four Carrot Magic, it was supposed to

501
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Speaker 2: be released in March twenty sixteen, Buddy got pushed back

502
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,360
Speaker 2: because of the halftime show with Coldplay and Beyonce.

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Speaker 1: A worthy sacrifice.

504
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 2: By the time Coldplay's halftime show came around, Bruno already

505
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 2: had seven songs for twenty four Carrot Magic, but he

506
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,240
Speaker 2: didn't feel the album was quite ready.

507
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 1: Mars the one and twenty four Carrot to be better

508
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: in every sense, better singles, better music videos, better ste low.

509
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 2: And it finally released on November eighteenth, twenty sixteen. Twenty

510
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 2: four care Of Magic was set to be a groove

511
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 2: oriented record. It was full of nineties influences.

512
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,479
Speaker 1: His goal making music so infectious that people can't help

513
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: but feel happy and dance.

514
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,919
Speaker 2: The album only ended up having nine songs because his

515
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 2: philosophy was this, if I can't pull you in with

516
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 2: nine songs, I'm not going to pull you in with nineteen.

517
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Speaker 1: His vision for the album was very much visual. He

518
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 1: wanted it to feel like a movie.

519
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,240
Speaker 2: He imagined it following in his words of VERSACEI wearing

520
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,120
Speaker 2: camp in New York during a summer night at the

521
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 2: baddest rooftop house party, two thirty in the morning. The

522
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 2: band comes out fucking dipped in versace. The girls are.

523
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Speaker 1: Screaming, Okay, all right, calm down, Spike Lee.

524
00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 2: He wanted to take everyone back to the R and

525
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,399
Speaker 2: B of the nineties, taking inspiration from Jimmy jam and

526
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 2: Terry Lewis, Boys to Men and becoming an icon featured

527
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 2: artist Mariah Now yet again. Bruno was pumped for this album,

528
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 2: but Atlantic Records took some convincing still, I know, like,

529
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 2: can we get some new people at Atlantic Records? Like,

530
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 2: what is wrong with y'all? It's okay, though, It's fine

531
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 2: because the album was released with Bruno's vision fully intact.

532
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 2: It debuted on the second spot of the chart with

533
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,680
Speaker 2: multiple number one singles, and it's gone on to sell

534
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 2: over five million copies globally. In addition to the nine

535
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 2: songs on the record, a remix of Finess featuring RG

536
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 2: Cardi b and released later with an accompanying music video.

537
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Speaker 1: If you want to hear more about that, tune into

538
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: Carti two.

539
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 2: Okay, you guys, the time has come. I'm just so

540
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 2: happy that we have finally arrived at twenty four carat magic.

541
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,880
Speaker 2: I remember there was a dime when I was riding

542
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 2: in my car and I sort of got the entire

543
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,439
Speaker 2: block was Bruno. Bruno Mars is one of those artists

544
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 2: that is consistent because at the Grammys in twenty eighteen,

545
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 2: he was able to win every single award he was

546
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 2: nominated for.

547
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 1: It has versace on the floor. How could it not

548
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: win anything?

549
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 2: You mean the music video that you love with Zendeia.

550
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: Don't get me started Lill's Do you remember Lipsync Battle?

551
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 2: I love that show.

552
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 1: Why do you remember when Zendia performed as Bruno Mars.

553
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh.

554
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: I literally was like, Bruno Mars is tall, it was him.

555
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 1: It was Bruno.

556
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 2: She became Bruno.

557
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 1: You're gonna die because I actually and I know it's

558
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: I know it's Lipsync Battle, but I actually thought it

559
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: was Bruno Mars from just literally how she persona fied

560
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: him maximum like the hair, the air spanking, the finesse

561
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: and pizzazz, like it really was something. She is a

562
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: fucking actress.

563
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 2: So that's one of my favorite lip Sync Battle episodes.

564
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 2: I was so impressed with it, you were impressed with

565
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 2: the world was impressed with it. But you know who

566
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 2: was really impressed with all of this.

567
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: Let me take a guess who Brunito.

568
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 2: Brunito was so blown away by Zendia and enraptured with

569
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 2: her acting and presentation that he calls her and pitches

570
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 2: her the idea of Versace on the floor and was like,

571
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,959
Speaker 2: I want you to be a part of it. And

572
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 2: she didn't understand why. She had no idea what she

573
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 2: was in store for. Like this became one of the

574
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 2: most beautiful videos. It was cinematic right, like how cool?

575
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 2: It felt like a feature film. She looked beautiful, he

576
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 2: looked gorgeous, and.

577
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: I actually thought it was kind of cool that Donna

578
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: tell Versaci posted on her Instagram the video featuring the song.

579
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 2: Oh we have still not talked about something that is

580
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 2: very close to Bruno's.

581
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: Heart and ours.

582
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 2: The fashion Bruno Mars's sick sense of style.

583
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: His call it ants, I see what you did there.

584
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 2: So here's a little detail about Bruno Mars's creative process.

585
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 2: He actually likes to emulate the different decades that he's

586
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 2: channeling in his music through his choice in clothing and yes, Joseph,

587
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 2: that means that the man enforces a dress code, not

588
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 2: just for performances, but also for his.

589
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: Recordings, I still think you're lying.

590
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 2: I'm happy that I'm not, because this is my kind

591
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 2: of man like. He is all about the aesthetics, so

592
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 2: like for Duop and Huliguans it was sixties inspired suits

593
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 2: and the faded hair or unorthodox jukebox, we got the

594
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 2: faded teas, the gold jewels and his hair, Oh natchial.

595
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: For a super Bowl performance, they in wrote the style

596
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: of Michael Jackson, Prince and James Brown.

597
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 2: They were dressed in those beautiful customs Sant Laurent by

598
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Speaker 2: Heidi Slamain. Like it was those cold jackets, the crisp

599
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 2: white shirt, the black trousers, the skinny tie, and.

600
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Speaker 1: The fashion is literally in every single song for twenty

601
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Speaker 1: four Karro Magic. That era was especially strict with Mars

602
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: preferring everyone to be on their damn best. Bruno Mars

603
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: is literally the embodiment of clothes make the man.

604
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 2: It's so true, and I think his style can best

605
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 2: be described as like it's just over the top, like

606
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 2: it's it's how did a kids say? They say? What

607
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 2: it's like extra?

608
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: He has so much in everything that he does, but

609
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: on the carpets, I feel like I've seen his style

610
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: just be very timeless.

611
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: I think so because I think he tends to go

612
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 2: more like tuxedo like Saint Laurent looks. But for me,

613
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 2: when I think of Bruno's style, I automatically think of

614
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 2: who he is on stage versus who he is irl.

615
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: I don't know why he doesn't bring that. I personally

616
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: don't get upset. I personally don't love him in suits.

617
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: I love him in his like streetwear, streetwear.

618
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 2: I think it's sexier, it's extra extraordinary.

619
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: I love it. But An Evening with Silk Sonic took

620
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: it a step further.

621
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 2: Everyone loved twenty four care packet, there's no denying that,

622
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 2: and we wanted more.

623
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: Bruno didn't take this anticipation for granted. He wrote music

624
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: every day during quarantine.

625
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 2: And by February twenty twenty one, exactly one year after

626
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 2: the pandemic started, Bruno and Anderson Popp confirmed that they

627
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 2: had an album coming out together under the name silk Sonic.

628
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 2: An Evening with Silk Sonic was released on November twelfth,

629
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty one.

630
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: Okay, so an Evening with Silksnic and me, we just

631
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: didn't mesh.

632
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 2: Joseph does not enjoy a slow jam, not yet, Like

633
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 2: he does not want to be like laid down in

634
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 2: a bed with silk sheets and like seduce now it's

635
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 2: too hot.

636
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: I'm not into that. We're not doing that.

637
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 2: But if that is your vibe, what I'm saying is

638
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 2: that is like not Joseph's vibe, and so I can

639
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 2: understand why Silksnic is like not for you, Okay, leave

640
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 2: the door open to me. Musically, it's like you have

641
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 2: to remember that there is an entire generation of Bruno

642
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 2: Marsh fans that don't know Keith's sweat. There are people

643
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 2: that don't know like Genuine or Joe to see or

644
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 2: oh my god, boys to men, I'll make love to.

645
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: You, like.

646
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 2: There are people that don't know any of that. So

647
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 2: when they're hearing Silksonic and they're hearing leave the Door Open,

648
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 2: they think this is new and like, ooh, a slow jam.

649
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: Know that.

650
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 2: I don't think they're gyrating. I think it's the opposite

651
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 2: of a slow jam. I am never going to erase

652
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 2: the image of Joseph rating on this podcast. Okay, point

653
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 2: is I feel like it hit the spot like we

654
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 2: were like ooh, it's sensual and soft, like it was.

655
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 2: I love it. I also love that song.

656
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: Is that your number one song? Though? We're going to

657
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: move on, but I want to know you got to

658
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 1: just pick one. Okay, if you didn't pick leave the

659
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 1: door open, because that one's just going to be obvious

660
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 1: because that one was all over the radio. So pick

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Speaker 1: another one that you're like, oh damn, this was.

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Speaker 2: After last night. Okay, Okay, I'm going to convert you.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to convert you to know what.

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Speaker 1: Actually, when I go on my hot Daddy walks, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to really just try to listen to this album

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Speaker 1: a couple of times. Really, I really want to give

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Speaker 1: a shot because I have been converted to be a

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Speaker 1: Bruno fan really like I think he's just a cool,

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Speaker 1: amazing person from his upbringing and all that. So I

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Speaker 1: feel like I do want to give his music a chance.

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Speaker 2: When you go on your hot Daddy walk next time,

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Speaker 2: just bring a fan, Bring a fan. All I got

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Speaker 2: to say. Joseph may not have enjoyed an evening with

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Speaker 2: Silk Sonic, but the critics did, you guys? This album

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Speaker 2: won them so many awards, to the point that they

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Speaker 2: bowed out of submitting the album for consideration at the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three Grammy Award. This is what Mars told

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Speaker 2: Rollingstone about the decision. Silk Sonic would like to gracefully, humbly,

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Speaker 2: and most importantly sexually bow out of submitting our album

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Speaker 2: this year.

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Speaker 1: In a year that had Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny.

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Speaker 1: It was a noble sacrifice on their part, despite how

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Speaker 1: the night ended. We're talking about you, Harry Styles.

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Speaker 2: Ssh Joseph. We do not need Harry Styles fans boycotting

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Speaker 2: becoming an icon. I personally love you, Harry. I love

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Speaker 2: your fashion. Joseph also loves you. Harry. Bruno sometimes laments

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Speaker 2: that maybe he was born at the wrong time, but

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Speaker 2: he most certainly has come up to us at a

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Speaker 2: time when people need to be reminded of what makes

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Speaker 2: a good performer. Bruno is well aware that anything in life,

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Speaker 2: especially his career, could all be gone in the blink

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Speaker 2: of an.

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Speaker 1: Eye, so he doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon. In

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Speaker 1: February twenty twenty three, Mars began working on his four

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Speaker 1: solo studio album.

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Speaker 2: He told eight time Grammy winner Brody Brown to join

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Speaker 2: him in the studio, saying, ma'am, I'm working on my

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Speaker 2: fourth album, Let's get It. Let's hurry up and go

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Speaker 2: on the next.

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Speaker 1: Becoming an Icon, we're talking Selina go megs.

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Speaker 2: That's right, y'all. From her days with Barney to creating

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Speaker 2: her own lifestyle empire. We're talking all things wonderful and

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Speaker 2: admirable about this badass Mexican. Becoming an Icon is presented

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Speaker 2: by Sonoo and Iheart's Michael Duda podcast Network. Listen to

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Speaker 2: Becoming an Icon on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or

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Speaker 2: wherever you get your podcast